Time seemed to fall slowly as Maria extended her hand to Isabella’s lips, she wanted to savor this moment. With that Emperor no longer interested in the Empress she could easily take her out and then a broken Emperor can easily be taken out either bringing a puppet Empress or just using the same potion in his sipping tea. In those few moments, Maria made numerous plans to take the Emperor out as well. She did not care what chaos happened. This is just a natural way to make things work. Chaos can be the only answer to solve their anger. And at last, revenge will be complete. Maria could see her victory just before her eyes.
However, things would not go as she wanted, a second hand came over and grabbed the bottle and the single drop that was going into the Empress’s lips. Maria’s expression changed as the hand approached. She slowly felt all her breath taken away that hand snatched the bottle away while another hand pulled her away.